Ataha Surname
Approximately 349 people bear this surname
Ataha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 288 | 1:615,079 | 29,261 |
| Philippines | 17 | 1:5,955,190 | 180,670 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ataha (177) may also be a first name.
Ataha Demographics
Average Ataha Salary in
England
£28,105
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Ataha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ataha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ataha (Marathi: अतहा) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ataha? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 802,733rd most widely held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 20,881,220 people. The last name Ataha is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Ataha are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 685,598th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 177 people.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 288 people, or 1 in 615,079. In Nigeria Ataha is mostly concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 80 percent live, Lagos, where 7 percent live and Rivers, where 5 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Ataha is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 5 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ataha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ataha in the Marathi language | ||
| अतहा | ataha | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ataha
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